Established in 2008, Last Rites has become a premiere gallery for the Dark Art movement and a haven for artists who prefer to explore the ominous, uncomfortable, and eccentric in their work. Striving to showcase some of the most thought-provoking art in contemporary surrealism, Last Rites creates an atmosphere where the artist can harness limitless expression and the observer can reflect inward, inspired to understand that which resides in us all.

Our exhibition schedule rotates monthly, so there is always something new and obscure for you to catch during your visit. Every exhibition is celebrated with an opening reception where you can be the first to see the artwork as well as live painting on stage.
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One of the worlds leading genre film festivals focusing solely on Horror, Science Fiction, and Thillers. Each year the NYCHFF celebrates both the horror classics we grew up with and the new horror films & filmmakers who created them. the NYCHFF fills the city with special screenings, parties, celebrity guests and free giveaways. The New York City Horror Film Festival is an event not to be missed.

This Costume Institute exhibition explores the aesthetic development and cultural implications of mourning fashions of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Approximately thirty ensembles, many of which are being exhibited for the first time, reveal the impact of high-fashion standards on the sartorial dictates of bereavement rituals as they evolved over a century.

The thematic exhibition is organized chronologically and features mourning dress from 1815 to 1915, primarily from The Costume Institute's collection, including mourning gowns worn by Queen Victoria and Queen Alexandra. The calendar of bereavement's evolution and cultural implications is illuminated through women's clothing and accessories, showing the progression of appropriate fabrics from mourning crape to corded silks, and the later introduction of color with shades of gray and mauve.

See Ruby Revue Burlesque Halloween night at the House of Blues Dallas! Russell Bruner joins Jade Esteban Estrada & the World Famous Showgirls of the Ruby Revue on stage for a sexy & spooky night of entertainment with new acts and special surprises! Be sure to buy your tickets before they’re all gone!

The Ruby Revue burlesque show features glamorous burlesque performers, outrageous comedy, variety acts and so much more! We have lots of fun treats in store for our fans this year!

In the heart of Manhattan, in the heart of Times Square, in the heart of Times Scare, in a building that once housed the most infamous strip club in New York, comes a weekly show featuring the best neo-burlesque performers on earth... And under it. From the award-winning Jonny Porkpie (Burlesque Mayor of NYC, Pinchbottom Burlesque, Grab My Junk) and associate producer Bunny Buxom, comes a frighteningly attractive, monstrously talented, insanely seductive night of tease, titillation, and of course... Death.

The growth in popularity of Haunted Houses has inspired us as producers, vendors, and fans of haunted houses to campaign for a national holiday in recognition of our industry. We ask for your support in this initiative.

This Halloween, Amsterdam Spook will possess your soul. With a line-up of 30 artists, DJs and performers, we invite you to join us beyond the depths of purgatory, and into the fiery pits of hell. Held on the official All Hallow’s Eve 31 October 2014, a Halloween costume party this good would be a sin to miss!

The theme (and abode) for Amsterdam Spook’s 14th Halloween Costume Party is the afterlife destination for the souls of the dead who were evil and wicked in their mortal lives – The UNDERWORLD. From Dante’s Inferno to The Exorcist, Bosch to Hellboy, devils, demons & succubi, read more about the 2014 theme inspiration!

The venue for this unholy bash filled with bloodthirsty demons, unspeakable abominations and hellfire? A former chapel, of course: the Hotel Arena club. Pre-sale tickets on sale now. We even have a wing of the hotel with Halloween rooms on offer.

Theatre Bizarre has been the singular, must-see annual event since it launched (illegally) in the early days of the 21st century. Year after year, its creators return with a spectacular event unlike anything else on earth.

Since finding its permanent home at Detroit’s Masonic Temple (the largest in the world), Theatre Bizarre has been offering progressively grander and more decadent events to those lucky enough to get a ticket. In late October each year, thousands of elaborately-clad and eager attendees fill the carved stone hallways of the labyrinthine tower as they move throughout the night from one indescribable performance to another. Detroit’s most adventurous souls slipping anonymously past each other as they celebrate their darkest selves into the early hours of the morning. It’s proven to be a very popular formula. In fact, the biggest challenge facing Theatre Bizarre has always been capacity. And now, they’ve solved the problem in grand style.

The Grand Preview Gala offers a whole new, far more intimate Theatre Bizarre experience. With just a few hundred attendees (as opposed to the thousands that attend the main event) the night is an elegant affair with an open bar, strolling dinner and valet parking included in the price of admission. Gala guests will enjoy selected performances from past shows, highlights from this year’s show, and exclusive sets created especially for that night only. Costumed attendees will follow a trail of fire-eaters, burlesque performers and musical acts as they follow the evening’s path through the historic site.